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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSP202200001 Review Comments Special Use Permit 2022-03-04COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE Department of Community Development 401 McIntire Road, North Wing Charlottesville, Virginia 22902-4596 Phone (434) 296-5832 Fax (434) 972-4126 March 4, 2022 Ms. Kendra Patrick Line & Grade 113 41 Street NE, Suite 100 Charlottesville VA 22902 RE: SP202200001 Misty Mountain Camp Resort Dear Ms. Patrick — Your request for Special Use Permit SP202200001 for Misty Mountain Camp Resort has been reviewed by members of Albemarle County staff and our partner agencies. Review comments are provided below, organized by Department, Division, or agency. Planning (Scott Clark) Pronosal/Narrative o Water Supply • Please provide the results of the fracture -trace study carried out for this proposal. • Please provide documentation of the Virginia Department of Health approvals of the proposed wells. o Septic/Sewer • Please follow the County Engineer's guidance below to apply for the proposed central sewer system • We recommend that you submit that application at the same time as your resubmittal on this SP amendment, and show the proposed system on the conceptual plan for the SP, so that both proposals can be presented to the Planning Commission and Board of Supervisors at the same time. Note that if the Board were to support the special use permit amendment but not the central -sewer system, it could be necessary to defer the review of this amendment request in order to alter the design to accommodate use of septic systems throughout before final approval. In general, our comprehensive plan recommends against central systems, but we understand that you may be able to make a case that septic waste from the existing cabins could be more safely managed with a central system. We recommend that any central system be sited to avoid impacts on critical slopes, streams, stream buffers, and existing areas of mature wooded vegetation. • Please clarify which facilities (cabins vs camp bathrooms, etc.) would be served by the proposed central system, and which would use the new or existing septic fields. o Campsite Changes • Please clarify the changes at the southwest comer of the site. Will the sites that recently had campers or trailers parked in them be changed to open sites for standard, transient RV/tent use? • The narrative states that "The added campsites adjacent to TMP 71- 5 and TMP 71- 4E will be screened by existing vegetation in the rear and side yard areas..." Please provide a specific landscaping plan for these areas that uses native tree and shrub species for the enhanced screening (preferably by augmenting existing mature vegetation where possible, rather than by removing and replacing it). • For the new campsite in the southeastern portion of the property, please provide a narrative description of your tree/vegetation preservation plans. We would recommend that canopy trees be retained in this area where possible, as in the existing hilltop campsite. This would be preferable to either a cleared grass area or clearing followed by new landscaping. o Cabins • The application states that 16 cabins have been built on the site, where a prior County approval only permitted ten. That prior approval also only permitted four of the cabins to be constructed as dwelling units as defined in the Zoning Ordinance. Please provide more detailed on the facilities included in each of the 16 existing cabins — how many are constructed/equipped as full dwelling units? • Conceptual Plan o General Plan Layout • In order to make future plan interpretation possible, please replace the color gradients with: • Existing and proposed tree/vegetation lines (and marked "wooded areas to remain") • A plain plan background. • Where necessary, activity/disturbance envelope lines for specific activity areas • The new camping area in the southeastern portion of the property appears to have more spacing between campsites than the existing hilltop campsite. We would recommend that this area be condensed to the degree possible, in order to (1) enable greater setbacks from the adjacent properties, and (2) allow for less removal of existing vegetation. • Please extend the topo contours through the whole site, and show generalized conceptual grading. Also — there appear to several small circles of various sizes in the topo layers — what do these represent? • Are the indicated new campsite locations at specific intended sites, or just a general illustration? • Please consider revising the color -coding to make the cabins and the new campsites more distinct. (This problem might be exacerbated by my slight color- blindness.) Septic fields • To the west of the new camping area, a septic field is shown on critical slopes. Please relocate this field outside of the critical slopes. • Note that septic fields are a good example of a feature that should be shown as outside the proposed tree lines mentioned above. Existing Structures/Facilities: • Please label all existing structures with their functions. (Cabins can still be indicated just by color and number.) 2 • Some of the existing cabins (see image below) appear to have been built within an area of critical slopes. • Please clarify — was this area of critical slopes graded for construction of the cabins? The surface around the existing cabins is shown as "turf." Where is the parking for these cabins, and are the guests' vehicles parked on turf or another surface? What is indicated by the colored areas by the driveway and structures at the northwest comer of the property, adjacent to US 250. Is this gravel? Also, at the northeastern corner, there is more of this surface, plus what appears to be a second entrance (unpaved?) entrance to the property. What is this, and who can access it (guests vs. staff)? P tUPNP�RC /� �0 o Community Meeting Additional comments regarding impacts to neighboring properties may be forthcoming at the 3/29 community meeting. Please consider those comments carefully and incorporate your response in your next submittal. Plannine/Architectural Review Board (Marearet Maliszewski) • Will any wooded area be cleared to accommodate the expansion? If so, indicate where and how much on the concept plan. 3 • Include a note on the concept plan stating that the trees along the Rt. 250 frontage are to remain. Planning/Natural Resources Program (Kim BiasiolH) 1. The narrative describes `plans to enhance the creek'. Please describe what is meant by `enhance'. 2. Stockton Creek is identified by the DEQ as an impaired waterway. It is classified by DEQ as `not supporting' recreational uses due to a bacterial impairment (E. coli). Please describe how the proposed Central Sewerage System and/or other planning measures will mitigate potential impacts from the increased usage/year round usage to avoid contributing to this issue. 3. The plan is unclear on whether the medium green areas will remain primarily forested or be converted to turf. Please clarify what the medium green color signifies. 4. One of the new proposed drainfields on the plan is the darker green color indicating it will remain forested. Please clarify as a drainfield cannot be forested. 5. Please indicate how much impervious cover will be added to the site outside of the road. Given the impaired status of Stockton Creek, the following recommendations for the site should be considered: 1. Pumping out existing septic systems prior to bringing the new ones on, to avoid potential backing up and overflow to Stockton Creek; 2. Increasing measures to encourage guests to manage pet waste responsibly (such as bags/signage), as increases in pet waste on the site could also contribute to the bacterial impairment; 3. Siting the drainfields further away from the critical slopes, creek, and proposed forested areas; 4. Maximizing retention of forest and other woody vegetation throughout the property, and avoiding further conversion to turf, particularly on the slopes between the creek and the new and redeveloped campsites. 5. Consider additional planting of trees or other woody vegetation on the north side of Stockton Creek, where the existing campground backs right up to the river. Zoning (Francis MacCall) Zoning comments will be provided as soon as they are available. Engineering (Frank Pohl, Countv Engineer) • Please refer to Chapter 16 for Central System submittal requirements. Don't hesitate to let me know if you have questions about this process. • Please adjust the layering to more clearly show the floodplain and stream buffer limits. • A VSMP application will be required if the cumulative proposed land disturbance will exceed 10,000 sf, including drainfields. Please see comments in the attached memo. (Planning note: We would recommend that you carry out and submit the turn -lane warrant analysis with your special use permit resubmittal, rather than waiting until the site plan review) Action after Receipt of Comments After you have read this letter, please take one of the actions identified on "Action After Receipt of Comment Letter" which is attached. 4 If you choose to resubmit, please use the form at the following link. There is no fee for the first resubmittal. The resubmittal date schedule will be provided on the County website. Please contact me with any questions and/or requests for assistance you may have. I can be reached at sclarkkalbemarle.org or 434-296-5832, ext. 3249. Sincerely, Scott M. Clark Scott Clark Senior Planner II Planning Division enc: Action After Receipt of Comment Letter 5 DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ACTION AFTER RECEIPT OF COMMENT Within 30 days of the date of this letter, please do one of the following: (1) Resubmit in response to review comments (2) Request indefinite deferral (3) Request that your Planning Commission public hearing date be set (4) Withdraw your application (1) Resubmittal in Response to Review Comments LETTER If you plan to resubmit within 30 days, make sure that the resubmittal is on or before a resubmittal date as published in the project review schedule. The full resubmittal schedule may be found at www.albemarle.org in the "forms" section at the Community Development page. Be sure to include the resubmittal form on the last page of your comment letter with your submittal. The application fee which you paid covers staff review of the initial submittal and one resubmittal. Each subsequent resubmittal requires an additional fee. (See attached Fee Schedule.) (2) Request Indefinite Deferral If you plan to resubmit after 30 days from the date of the comment letter, you need to request an indefinite deferral. Please provide a written request and state your justification for requesting the deferral. (Indefinite deferral means that you intend to resubmit/request a public hearing be set with the Planning Commission after the 30 day period.) (3) Request Planning Commission Public Hearing Date be Set At this time, you may schedule a public hearing with the Planning Commission. However, we do not advise that you go directly to public hearing if staff has identified issues in need of resolution that can be addressed with a resubmittal. After outstanding issues have been resolved and/or when you are ready to request a public hearing, staff will set your public hearing date for the Planning Commission in accordance with the Planning Commission's published schedule and as mutually agreed by you and the County. The staff report and recommendation will be based on the latest information provided by you with your initial submittal or resubmittal. Please remember that all resubmittals must be made on or before a resubmittal date. By no later than twenty-one (21) days before the Planning Commission's public hearing, a newspaper advertisement fee and an adjoining owner notification fee must be paid. (See attached Fee Schedule) Your comment letter will contain the actual fees you need to pay. Payment for an additional newspaper advertisement is also required twenty-two (22) days prior to the Board of Supervisors public hearing. 6 These dates are provided on the attached Legal Ad Payments for Public Hearings form. Please be advised that, once a public hearing has been advertised, only one deferral prior to the Planning Commission's public hearing will be allowed during the life of the application. The only exception to this rule will be extraordinary circumstances, such as a major change in the project proposal by the applicant or more issues identified by staff that have not previously been brought to the applicant's attention. As always, an applicant may request deferral at the Planning Commission meeting. (4) Withdraw Your Application If at any time you wish to withdraw your application, please provide your request in writing. Failure to Respond If we have not received a response from you within 30 days, we will contact you again. At that time, you will be given 10 days to do one of the following: a) request withdrawal of your application, b) request deferral of your application to a specific Planning Commission date as mutually agreed to with staff, or c) request indefinite deferral and state your justification for requesting the deferral. If none of these choices is made within 10 days, staff will schedule your application for a public hearing based on the information provided with your original submittal or the latest submittal staff received on a resubmittal date. Fee Payment Fees paid in cash or by check must be paid at the Community Development Intake Counter. Make checks payable to the County of Albemarle. Do not send checks directly to the Review Coordinator. Fees may also be paid by credit card using the secure online payment system, accessed at http://www.a lbema rle.org/depa rtment.asp?department=cdd&rel page=21685. 7 COMMONWEALTH of VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Stephen C. Brich, P.E. 1401 East Broad Street Commissioner Richmond, Virginia 23219 February 3, 2022 County of Albemarle Department of Community Development 401 McIntire Road Charlottesville, VA 22902 Attn: Scott Clark Re: Misty Mountain Camp Resort — Special Use Permit SP-2022-00001 Review # 1 Dear Mr. Clark: (804) 7862701 Fax: (804) 7862940 The Department of Transportation, Charlottesville Residency Transportation and Land Use Section, has reviewed the above referenced plan as prepared by Line and Grade Civil Engineering, dated 14 January 2022, and offers the following comments: 1. Analyze the turn -lane warrants when preparing the site plan. 2. Note that the final plan must show conformance with the VDOT Road Design Manual Appendices 13(1) and F, as well as any other applicable standards, regulations or other requirements. The Department finds these plans generally acceptable. If further information is desired, please contact Doug McAvoy Jr. at (540) 718-6113. A VDOT Land Use Permit will be required prior to any work within the right-of-way. The owner/developer must contact the Charlottesville Residency Transportation and Land Use Section at (434) 422-9399 for information pertaining to this process. Sincerely, Doug McAvoy Jr., P.E. Area Land Use Engineer Charlottesville Residency VirginiaDOT.org WE KEEP VIRGINIA MOVING Nw erge teoft DkWI V WGI W A UEE'AR'NEN' OF HEAJIM Scott Clark, Senior Planner II Albemarle County Community Development 401 McIntire Road Charlottesville, VA 22902 RE: Misty Mountain Camp Resort Concept Plan for Special Use Permit Tax Map: 71-3 SP202200001 Mr. Clark: 1� HeaNh a0r10N*9V .nue.nVVn. a 1138 Rose 44 Orwe CnabtlesAle. VA 22903 dlo@ A3A-972 6200 I lox 434-972-4310 March 4, 2022 As requested, I've reviewed the Concept Plan, dated 1/4/22, for the proposed development. As the plan shows, the campground is served by onsite septic systems and a transient community water system. I have no concerns or objections to approval of the Special Use Permit, but advise that designs for the new septic system(s) will need to be approved by this office, and wells by the Office of Drinking Water prior to approval of a site plan or issuance of construction permits. If there are any questions or concerns, please give me a call, 434-972-4306. Sincerely, Alan Mazurowski Environmental Health Supervisor Blue Ridge Health District alan.mazurowskikvdh.vir ig nia. og_v